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2. Rudolf Diesel - Wikipedia

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   Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (English: / ˈ d iː z əl ˌ-s əl /, [1] German: ⓘ; 18 March 1858 – 29 September 1913) was a German [note 1] inventor and mechanical engineer who invented the Diesel engine, which burns Diesel fuel; both are named after him.

3. Diesel engine - Wikipedia

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   1952 Shell Oil film showing the development of the diesel engine from 1877. The diesel engine, named after the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).

4. Category:Diesel engines - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Diesel engines" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

5. History of the internal combustion engine - Wikipedia

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   The engine was designed by English inventor Herbert Akroyd Stuart. 1892: The essay Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Motor is written by German engineer Rudolf Diesel. [17]: p. 394 The essay discusses several concepts that led to the invention of the diesel engine.

6. List of National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees - Wikipedia

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   Contributions to automobile, bicycle, and diesel engine [240] 2006 Ali Javan: 1926 Helium-neon laser [241] 2006 Almon Brown Strowger: 1839 Telephone dial [242] 2006 Ambrose Swasey: 1846 Improvements to telescope [243] 2006 Andrew Jackson Beard: 1849 Janney coupler for railroad cars [244] 2006 Andrew Smith Hallidie: 1836 Cable car [245] 2006 ...

7. Hercules Engine Company - Wikipedia

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   Hercules became known as White Engine at this point. This new trajectory for Hercules was short lived, however, with a rapid decline in White's fortunes, leaving Hercules little changed. White sold Hercules to Wedtech in 1986, which held the engine maker only briefly, before selling to a group of investors the next year. Significant here with ...

8. Timeline of motor and engine technology - Wikipedia

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   1886 – Hot-bulb engine was established by Herbert Akroyd Stuart, Gottlieb Daimler invents the Petrol engine. [10] 1888 – An AC induction motor is featured in a paper published by Galileo Ferraris and is patented in the U.S. by Nikola Tesla. [11] 1892 – Rudolf Diesel patents the Diesel engine (U.S. patent 608,845). [12]

9. Two-stroke diesel engine - Wikipedia

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   Hugo Güldner designed what is believed to be the first operational two-stroke diesel engine in 1899, and he convinced MAN, Krupp and Diesel to fund building this engine with ℳ 10,000 each. [2] Güldner's engine had a 175 mm work cylinder, and a 185 mm scavenging cylinder; both had a stroke of 210 mm.